Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/April 9




 * 193 - Septimus Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans).
 * 1336 - Tamerlane is born in Transoxiana.
 * 1241 - Battle of Liegnitz: Mongol forces defeats the Polish and German armies.
 * 1865 - American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, effectively ending the war.
 * 1867 - Alaska purchase: By a single vote, the United States Senate ratifies a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska.
 * 1916 - World War I: Battle of Verdun - German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
 * 1940 - World War II: Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
 * 1942 - World War II: Bataan Death March begins for the United States forces who surrender on Corregidor.
 * 1947 - The Glazier-Higgins-Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
 * 1959 - Mercury program: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts which the news media quickly dub the "Mercury 7".
 * 1967 - The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) takes its maiden flight.
 * 1991 - Georgia declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
 * 1992 - Manuel Noriega is convicted of eight crimes.
 * 1999 - Ismail Omar Guelleh is elected president of Djibouti.
 * 1999 - Nigerian President Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara is assassinated.
 * 2002 - The Queen Mother of the United Kingdom, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon has her funeral at Westminster Abbey.
 * 2003 - The Ba'ath regime headed by Saddam Hussein in Iraq is deposed.
 * 2006 - Education and Sharing day

why is he important? Maybe I'm too optimistic, but most of the other people on here are either famous because of a good deed he or she is solely responsible for. (This guy is part of one) I wouldn't object to having that Columbine happened on the page for April 20th. (It's already there.) There are events that are not in the most positive light here too, which isn't a big deal either. Also if a person doesn't have an article (or a very brief one), doesn't that say something? That's why I removed this one too: He can be put back once he has his own article. Sometimes people are important only for a year or too, and then are pretty much forgotten. This article should celebrate people that will be remembered for a long time (like 50 years). I'm not the only one who thinks he's not important: http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art19344.asp
 * 1981 - Eric Harris, one of the Columbine High School massacre gunmen (d. 1999)
 * 1987 - Jessie McCartney, member of boy band Dreamstreet and actor WB11's Summerland

2012 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 10:30, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Deleted: Septimius Severus (appears on February 4); Chicago Seven (appears on February 18)
 * Omitted: Battle of Appomattox Court House; Battle of Vimy Ridge (ineligible—TFA for 2012); Deir Yassin massacre; Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara; Firdos Square statue destruction
 * Included: Henry V of England (3rd appearance, last in 2005; previously was on March 20); Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (first appearance); Marian Anderson (first appearance); Bataan Death March (4th appearance, last in 2007; rescued from Ineligible); Boeing 737 (2nd appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible)

2013 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 05:39, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Appomattox Court House (Civil War-related picture as POTD for 2013)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Camilla Parker Bowles
 * Omitted: Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville; Marian Anderson; Bataan Death March; Boeing 737
 * Included: Bataan Day in the Philippines (rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Vimy Ridge (6th appearance, last in 2011); Vidkun Quisling (2nd appearance, last in 2005); Mercury Seven (first appearance); Firdos Square statue destruction (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 10th anniversary)
 * Repeats: Henry V of England (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total; 600th anniversary)

2014 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 06:24, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Boeing 737 (maintenance)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Battle of Appomattox Court House; 1947 Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes
 * New articles (unused): Journey of Reconciliation
 * Omitted: Henry V of England (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of Vimy Ridge; Mercury Seven; Firdos Square statue destruction
 * Included: Aníbal Milhais/Battle of the Lys (1918) (both: first appearance); Marian Anderson (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 75th anniversary); Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara (5th appearance, last in 2012); Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Camilla Parker Bowles (3rd appearance, last in 2010)
 * Repeats: Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

2015 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:29, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville; Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara
 * Included: Vidkun Quisling (3rd appearance, last in 2013; 75th anniversary); Boeing 737 (3rd appearance, last in 2012; rescued from Ineligible)
 * Repeats: Aníbal Milhais/Battle of the Lys (1918) (both: 2nd appearance, 2 total); Marian Anderson (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total); Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Camilla Parker Bowles (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total; 10th anniversary)
 * Note: Battle of Appomattox Court House has its 150th anniversary, but Ulysses S. Grant is TFA for 2015

2016 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 16:11, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
 * New articles (unused): German cruiser Admiral Scheer
 * Omitted: Marian Anderson; Vidkun Quisling; Boeing 737; Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Camilla Parker Bowles
 * Included: Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (4th appearance, last in 2014); Battle of Appomattox Court House (6th appearance, last in 2011); Deir Yassin massacre (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Firdos Square statue destruction (3rd appearance, last in 2013)
 * Repeats: Aníbal Milhais/Battle of the Lys (1918) (both: 3rd appearance, 3 total)

2017 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 01:52, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
 * New articles (unused): Civil Rights Act of 1866
 * Moved to Ineligible: Marian Anderson (maintenance); 1947 Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes (maintenance); Mercury Seven (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Vimy Ridge Day (ineligible—maintenance); Bataan Day (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of Appomattox Court House; Aníbal Milhais/Battle of the Lys (1918); Deir Yassin massacre; Firdos Square statue destruction
 * Included: Battle of Vimy Ridge (7th appearance, last in 2013; 100th anniversary); Journey of Reconciliation (first appearance; 70th anniversary); Boeing 737 (4th appearance, last in 2015; 50th anniversary); Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Camilla Parker Bowles (5th appearance, last in 2015); Francis Bacon (first appearance); Jørn Utzon (first appearance); Mary Jackson (engineer) (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

2018 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:00, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Aníbal Milhais (maintenance); Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Battle of Vimy Ridge; Journey of Reconciliation; Boeing 737; Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Camilla Parker Bowles; Francis Bacon; Jørn Utzon; Mary Jackson (engineer)
 * Included: Civil Rights Act of 1866 (first appearance); Vidkun Quisling (4th appearance, last in 2015); Deir Yassin massacre (3rd appearance, last in 2016; 70th anniversary); Firdos Square statue destruction (4th appearance, last in 2016); Samuel Fritz (first appearance); Isambard Kingdom Brunel (first appearance); Vilhelm Bjerknes (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (3rd consecutive appearance, 8 total)

2019 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 16:14, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Appomattox Court House (maintenance)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): 1947 Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes
 * Omitted: Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville; Vidkun Quisling; Deir Yassin massacre; Firdos Square statue destruction (ineligible—maintenance); Samuel Fritz; Isambard Kingdom Brunel; Vilhelm Bjerknes
 * Included: Battle of Vimy Ridge (8th appearance, last in 2017); Bataan Death March (5th appearance, last in 2012); Mercury Seven (2nd appearance, last in 2012; rescued from Ineligible; 60th anniversary); Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara (6th appearance, last in 2014; rescued from Ineligible); François Rabelais (first appearance); Charles Proteus Steinmetz (first appearance); Natascha Engel (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Civil Rights Act of 1866 (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr
Hey, do you think the blurb for Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr would be suitable for inclusion this year? -- M h hossein   talk 07:31, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
 * I don't think the "Scholarship" section is good enough. Sorry. — howcheng  {chat} 16:31, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the insight. I should have noticed that myself. I will work on the section and make it ready to become qualified. -- M h hossein   talk 06:43, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
 * I have added some more reliable sources for the sake of the verfiability. Can you evaluate the improvements please? The article had never been on the main page. -- M h hossein   talk 07:02, 24 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Look like it's good to go. Nice work! — howcheng  {chat} 16:15, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

2020 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 16:38, 10 April 2020 (UTC)
 * New articles (unused): Jenna Jameson; Nick Adenhart
 * Omitted: Civil Rights Act of 1866; Battle of Vimy Ridge; Bataan Death March; Mercury Seven; Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara; François Rabelais (ineligible—maintenance); Charles Proteus Steinmetz; Natascha Engel
 * Included: Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (7th appearance, last in 2018); Vidkun Quisling (5th appearance, last in 2018; 80th anniversary); German cruiser Admiral Scheer (first appearance; 75th anniversary); Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (first appearance; 40th anniversary; rescued from Ineligible); Wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles (6th appearance, last in 2017); Pope Benedict VIII (first appearance); Henrik Rysensteen (first appearance); Jackie Evancho (first appearance; 20th birthday)

2021 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 18:05, 10 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Deleted: François Rabelais (birth/death dates uncertain)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Francis Bacon (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville; Vidkun Quisling; German cruiser Admiral Scheer; Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr; Wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles; Pope Benedict VIII; Henrik Rysensteen; Jackie Evancho
 * Included: Civil Rights Act of 1866 (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Battle of Vimy Ridge (9th appearance, last in 2019); Deir Yassin massacre (4th appearance, last in 2018); Boeing 737 (5th appearance, last in 2017); Morteza Avini (first appearance); Jean Quintin (first appearance); Mary Jackson (engineer) (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 100th birthday); Vilhelm Bjerknes (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 70th anniversary)

2022 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:12, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Marian Anderson
 * Omitted: Civil Rights Act of 1866; Deir Yassin massacre; Boeing 737; Morteza Avini; Jean Quintin; Mary Jackson (engineer); Vilhelm Bjerknes
 * Included: Day of Valor (rescued from Ineligible); Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (8th appearance, last in 2020); Bataan Death March (6th appearance, last in 2019; 80th anniversary); Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (2nd appearance, last in 2020); Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara (7th appearance, last in 2019); Al-Muqtafi (first appearance); Charles Proteus Steinmetz (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Nikki Grahame (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Battle of Vimy Ridge (2nd consecutive appearance, 10 total)